The Oyo state government has announced the procurement of two aircraft to curb the menace of illegal miners, kidnappers, and other security threats in the State.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, after the weekly State Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Seyi Makinde.
The State’s Executive Council had approved the procurement of two surveillance aircraft, valued at N7.7billion equipped with sophisticated surveillance gadgets capable of identifying targets from both high and low altitudes.
Dotun noted that the procurement was approved in a renewed determination by the government to secure the state further from the influx of bandits and the perpetration of their enterprise.
The Council also approved the construction of bridges, interchanges and the clearance of the North-East and South-West Segments of the 110km Rashidi Ladoja circular road project, and assured that 72km of the circular road would be completed by the time this administration ended its tenure in 2027.